| Phil's truck needed some minor repairs while Tucson was
having a major rainstorm. Most of us who remained sought shelter or solace at
the Kino Mission nearby. Most of the party had now left for Northern Arizona,
or had chosen a friendly bar to ease the humidity. Next day we were off to the Superstition Mountains. Weather was dark. We paused at the site of Tom Mix's death along the highway, and at the well preserved County Courthouse in Pinal County. At the Weaver's Needle turnoff, we met Joe McCosker and Gene Gail, who were only slightly interested in confronting the rainstorm predicted for the following day. Weaver's Needle is not the best in fifth-class rain. We agreed, among the three parties left, that the trip should be aborted at that point. Phil and I headed for Los Angeles, already planning a substitute outing on Saturday, of rock climbing at Sespe Gorge. A few days later, Phil learned that Jim Erb and Theresa Rutherford had arrived at the Babokivari Compound shortly after our planned climb, only to be run off by a Tribal Policeman wearing a prominently-displayed pearl-handled revolver. |
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